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Location:

Pleasant Grove,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 04, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs: Fleet Feet Turkey Trot 5k- 19:46; St. George Marathon 3:07:11(2013-- coming back from the dead) Utah Valley Marathon 2011- 3:09:13 : D 1st place Master Division, 7th Overall; Mt. Nebo 1/2 Marathon 2011- 1:19:35- 2nd Overall, first master. Ogden Marathon 3:14 (2010); 10K 2011 Speedy Spaniard 40:47. I have run 33 marathons: 15 St. George (1995, 2006-2019). Utah Valley (2011, 2014), Eiluj (2011), Deseret News (2015, 3:40 pacer), Ogden (2009, 2010), Boston (1996,2012,2014,2018)Top of Utah (1999, 2011 pacer), and SLC (2006,2015), Pocatello (3:40 pacer 2012),park city marathon 3:41:53 (2013), and Big Cottonwood pacer (2017,2018)and three Ultras-Squaw Peak 51.25 miler 2010 in 12:05:27 (9th woman) and Antelope Island (32 miler) in March, 2011 (4th overall in 5:10:25) and in 2009.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2020 Marathon Madness

April Salt Lake City Marathon April 18

May Ogden Marathon May 16

June Utah Valley Marathon June 6

July Deseret News Marathon July 24

August Top of Utah Aug 22

September Big Cottonwood Sept 12

October Saint George Marathon Oct 3

November New York City Marathon Nov 1

Long-Term Running Goals:

Marathon-- PR (3:06 or better)

10k-- PR (under 40:47)

5K-- PR (under 19:46)

RUN FOREVER!!!

Personal:

Married to Troy since 1997. We have three daughters- Courtney 21, Brooke 19, and Amber 16 and one dog-Cocoa (15). Troy works and cook lots of yummy dinners and desserts. Courtney is back as of Aug 2019 from 18 months in England. Now working as a CNA and going to BYU. Brooke graduated from PGHS IN MAY 2019. Attending UVU in Fall. Called to serve in the Michigan Landing LDS church mission. Leaves Jan22, 2020. Amber plays for Olympic Montreux Premier 1 soccer team. And is a junior this Fall 2019. I work full time (27 years in June 2019) as a registered nurse. Currently working in the special care nursery at American Fork Hospital. Our family loves to camp and go to Disneyland.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	39.47	Year:	532.59
Brooks Pureflow Lifetime Miles:						309.19
Altras Zero Drop (lt. Blue) Lifetime Miles:						366.29
Mizuno Precision 11 (orange) Lifetime Miles:						610.05
Saucony Mirage 2 Grey Lifetime Miles:						223.70
Nike Pegasus Charc/lime Lifetime Miles:						487.77
Nike Pegasus Grey/blue Lifetime Miles:						428.92
Mizuno Precision Pink Lifetime Miles:						479.56
Nike Lunar Flyknits RED Lifetime Miles:						893.47
Nike Lunar Flyknits MULTI GREY Lifetime Miles:						369.20
Mizuno Sayanaras Lifetime Miles:						292.58
Asics Gel Lyte 33-2 (blue) Lifetime Miles:						163.09
Altra Intuition 1.5 Grey Lifetime Miles:						55.31
Altras Pink Intuition 1.5 Lifetime Miles:						79.00
Kinvara 5s Peach Lifetime Miles:						576.20
Kinvara 5s YELLOW Lifetime Miles:						346.56
Kinvara Blue/lime Lifetime Miles:						578.77
Kinvara 5s Green Lifetime Miles:						47.31
Kinvara 6 Turquoise Lifetime Miles:						531.20

Sat, Apr 25, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
18.25	0.00	18.25

Oh yah!! Uh huh!!! Glad the last long run before Ogden is over. The weather held up too. The rain cover from last night made the green stand out with the white clouds around the valleys and mountains. So beautiful!! Met Melanie and Kim at Lone Peak High School at 6am and ran a challenging course first thru the Highland park behind the high school then down Alpine Hwy for 3/4 mile then west almost two miles then north a mile to Freedom Elementary in Highland then East to 6000 west then north to go up and around Alpine. Good hill there. Melanie wanted hills since she has been treadmilling. We ran thru town and over to 300 north in Alpine then to North Bench road, nice climb there up to Healey drive over looking Cedar Hills. Then down a nice steep hill back to flat going towards Lone Peak on 4800 West where Kim headed back (she is not running Ogden) and we continued on the Golf course parkway trail up to AF canyon. More hills and one steep one that is right there at the mouth of the canyon as you head south onto Canyon road. We continued on Canyon until Cedar Hills drive then turned right there and then left down the farm road right past the fire dept. Glad to have some downhill. It was fun at this point as we realized we were "part of" 5K race just starting out doing the exact same loop I planned for our ending. We saw kids finishing with their parents with the mile (opposite direction as us) and then caught up to the 5kers. It was a hoot. Even saw my Bishop's wife standing by a cone waiting to direct the course. She gave me a high five. This was at miles 16 to 17.5 so it helped energize us. Starting out on this run I was tired and muscles tight. My husband as supportive as he has been had set my alarm for me, thankfully. I am still just lacking several good nights of sleep. I didn't think I could keep up at first, my legs were so fatigued but I just kept at it and eventually finished quite strong next to Melanie speedster. Ran 18.25 miles in 2:28:46 (8:07 avg pace). I think that we did quite well considering the hammering hills!!! This next week another tempo run planned for Monday (or Wednesday) like last weeks except I will do four loops so 12 miles. Hoping there to have about a 7:05 average pace. Two nights to sleep at a normal hour should help.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Julie on Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 15:22:29 from 71.35.243.139

I'm glad you had such a great run. I bet that was fun to finish with the 5k runners. Great pace too.

I had forgot that you used to live in Boston. Did you just love it there? I really want to go back and spend another week. There is so much history there. I loved it. Enjoy your taper. You've earned it.

From JulieC on Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 16:25:40 from 65.103.228.82

I was born just outside Boston. My family all lives on Cape Cod (Aunts, Uncles and cousins). I miss the trees and the ocean, and the winding roads, especially in the fall. Anyway, I am staying at the Wolf Creek Inn on route of Ogden Marathon (just about). It is a timeshare Melanie arranged for me. Looks nice on the website. Last time when I ran the half I drove up that morning at 430 am. Not happening for a marathon. Hope you had nice weather in Boston. It is so much nicer to visit late Spring to Fall, especially Fall. But at least all the leaves on the trees weren't in the way of a more extensive view of your surroundings. History sponge Boston indeed is. It is soaked in it. Gotta love it.

From Julie on Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 17:59:43 from 71.35.243.139

I've heard Cape Cod is nice. I would love to go there some day. We did have nice weather in Boston. It didn't start raining until the night of the marathon. We lucked out. I have stayed at Wolf Creek a few times. It is a very nice place. We stayed there in 2004 when my husband ran the marathon. I believe he was able to walk to some other timeshare to get on a shuttle to the start. We will be staying at a hotel by the finish line. I'm getting excited. It should be fun.

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